Zero configuration single page app configuration for spring boot
Single Page Apps require one thing: return index.html on HTML request.
Sometimes it's wise to separate your apps (api backend & frontend backend + frontend) - but then you'll have to deal with versioning both aps in compatible way.
For simple use cases it's totally ok to have spring-boot serve your SPA application (build i.e. by webpack).
Spring-boot does not support this feature out of the box. I've found multiple workarounds (404 page filters, manual file checking etc.) and decided to make no-brainer library to handle this problem.
Add library dependency:
compile "com.github.bgalek.spring.boot:spring-boot-starter-spa:1.1.0"Copy your fontend application to /public or /static folder during your app build phase.
This configuration won't affect your:
- API calls (registered Controllers)
- Existing static files